National Theatre Live: Small Island

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(3 votes)

Embark on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England. The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

175 minutes

Year:

2019

Director:

Rufus Norris

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Company:

National Theatre

Cast:
Leah Harvey

Hortense Roberts

Aisling Loftus

Queenie Buxton

Gershwyn Eustache Jnr

Gilbert Joseph

CJ Beckford

Michael Roberts

Paul Bentall

Crew:
Andrea Levy

Novel

Helen Edmundson

Screenplay

Rufus Norris

Director

Coral Messam

Choreographer